Pyotr Efimovich Sheshkin and Péter Domokos: thе epistolary dialogue
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M. Csepregi Research Institute for Linguistic Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) Budapest, Hungary, [email protected]
Cs. Horváth Research Institute for Linguistic Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) Budapest, Hungary, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: present paper investigates the correspondence of a Hungarian professor Péter Domokos (1936–2014) and the Mansi folklore collector Pyotr Efimovich Sheshkin (1930–1981). In the course of the research, one letter written by Domokos to Sheshkin, as well as three letters by Sheshkin with attachments (photographs, newspaper cutting, leaflet) were found. In the course of the work, we have read and transcribed the handwritten letters, and explored the background of the information mentioned in them. In our paper we publish these letters unchanged, we also provide certain statements with
explanatory notes. The mutual interest of the correspondents is manifested in the short correspondence, in which folklore, historical information of the Mansi people, manuscripts and publications are discussed. Unfortunately, Sheshkin’s sudden death did not let them to maintain scientific or informal friendship.
Objective: to describe the Mansi folklore collector P. E. Sheshkin’s professional relationships in Hungary, especially based on his correspondence with Péter Domokos.
Research materials: personal letters of P. Domokos and P. E. Sheshkin, scientific publications of Russian and foreign authors, separate editions.
Results and novelty of the research: in the letters cordial and respectful relationship, mutual interest, and desire for further cooperation are attested. Presenting previously unpublished materials may count as novelty.
Key words: P. E. Sheshkin, Péter Domokos, Mansi folk poetry, Mansi-Hungarian relations, correspondence.
Acknowledgements: the article was prepared within the framework of project of theRussian Foundation for Basic Research: Grant No. «The dialogue of languages in the manuscript heritage of the Mansi collector P.E. Sheshkin: identification, analysis and representation».
For citation: Csepregi M., Horváth Cs. Pyotr Efimovich Sheshkin and Péter Domokos: thе epistolary dialogue // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2021; 11 (1): 188–197.
Cs. Horváth Research Institute for Linguistic Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) Budapest, Hungary, [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Introduction: present paper investigates the correspondence of a Hungarian professor Péter Domokos (1936–2014) and the Mansi folklore collector Pyotr Efimovich Sheshkin (1930–1981). In the course of the research, one letter written by Domokos to Sheshkin, as well as three letters by Sheshkin with attachments (photographs, newspaper cutting, leaflet) were found. In the course of the work, we have read and transcribed the handwritten letters, and explored the background of the information mentioned in them. In our paper we publish these letters unchanged, we also provide certain statements with
explanatory notes. The mutual interest of the correspondents is manifested in the short correspondence, in which folklore, historical information of the Mansi people, manuscripts and publications are discussed. Unfortunately, Sheshkin’s sudden death did not let them to maintain scientific or informal friendship.
Objective: to describe the Mansi folklore collector P. E. Sheshkin’s professional relationships in Hungary, especially based on his correspondence with Péter Domokos.
Research materials: personal letters of P. Domokos and P. E. Sheshkin, scientific publications of Russian and foreign authors, separate editions.
Results and novelty of the research: in the letters cordial and respectful relationship, mutual interest, and desire for further cooperation are attested. Presenting previously unpublished materials may count as novelty.
Key words: P. E. Sheshkin, Péter Domokos, Mansi folk poetry, Mansi-Hungarian relations, correspondence.
Acknowledgements: the article was prepared within the framework of project of theRussian Foundation for Basic Research: Grant No. «The dialogue of languages in the manuscript heritage of the Mansi collector P.E. Sheshkin: identification, analysis and representation».
For citation: Csepregi M., Horváth Cs. Pyotr Efimovich Sheshkin and Péter Domokos: thе epistolary dialogue // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2021; 11 (1): 188–197.
